Beachcomber Lounge, Fairlee, VT (bar) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, May 17, 2011 12:49 PM I know how they made those palm trees! :) I once made one myself, 35 years ago, for my first own pad, in Berlin: Here is another corner of this basement room, I recently came upon this old Polaroid and was surprised to be reminded of how early I had experimented with faux tropical environs! : This was 1976, a good 15 years before I ever knew anything about Tiki. At some point I will re-post these in a thread that I am thinking of starting called "TIKI: Early beginnings and influences" where everyone can post pictures of things and places that relate to but are from before they found Tiki.

I know how they made those palm trees! :) I once made one myself, 35 years ago, for my first own pad, in Berlin:

Here is another corner of this basement room, I recently came upon this old Polaroid and was surprised to be reminded of how early I had experimented with faux tropical environs! :

This was 1976, a good 15 years before I ever knew anything about Tiki.

At some point I will re-post these in a thread that I am thinking of starting called "TIKI: Early beginnings and influences" where everyone can post pictures of things and places that relate to but are from before they found Tiki.

Post #589557 by bigbrotiki on Tue, May 17, 2011 12:49 PM